Additional topics that can be explicitly included in human rights policies

• Provisions on gender (see Impacts on the broader community’s security: ensuring that person’s invulnerable situations have adequate protection within Impacts of company operations on the security of communities – Working with Communities).
• Commitments to indigenous peoples (see indigenous peoples factsheet) (which should further take account of and fully respect the principles of free, prior and informed consent).
• Engagement with government officials.
• Stipulations concerning the company’s expectations of personnel, business partners and other relevant parties.
• Information on how the company will implement its commitments.

Key Resource:

How to Develop a Human Rights Policy: A Guide for Business (UN Global Compact 2015)